Photographic-printing mask.



H. E. NILES.

PHOTOGRAPHIG PRINTING MASK.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV.22, 1907.

Patented May 6, 1913.

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,HENRYE. NILES, orno'onns'rfin, NnwronK, ASSIGNOR TO nns'rmau KODAK do, or

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

rnoroeRArHrc-rnm'rme MASK."

Specification of Letters Patent.

I Application filed November 22, 1907. Serial No. 403,280.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY Nines, of the city of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Photographic-Printing Masks; and I do I hereby declare the following to be a full,' clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying draw- 5 ings', forming a part of this specification, and i to the reference-numerals marked thereon.

My present invention relates to photography and particularly to photographic printing in which operation the final record of the image is produced upon the sensitized sheet by exposure to lighttransmitted through the superposed negative and it has for its object to provide a simple, cheap and convenient device adapted to be interposed between thelight and the sensitized sheet,

and preferably between the negative and the sheet, which will produce an unexposed border on the latter inclosing a print of only such portion of the negative as it is desired shall appear in the photograph and render" the latter, as a final product, trim and well balanced. v

A further'object of the invention is to also :provide means which will aidthe operator in trimming the picture to a regular shape and to a uniform width of border.

To these and other ends the invention consists in certain improvements and comb1uations of parts, all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the vnovelv features being pointed out in the claims at the end of the specification.

the guide lines.

Similar reference numerals in the several figures indicate similar parts.

In making prints. from photographic ncg- 'atives it is o r en desired to reserve in the photograplronly parts or sing e units appearing in a com ositeimage and to out out the remainder o the field of the negative at the same time providing a border on the-printfor that portion whieh'is reproduced by protecting a strip around its margin from expo sure to the, light. In other cases it may be theobject to cut out from the sensitized re-. cording sheet, those portions of the field of Patented May ,6, 1913.

the negatives produced by the marginal rays 7 from the lens and which often appearragged or out of tocusl Again, if the image" is found to be improperly positioned on the negat1ve,port1on 's thereof must be cut out or masked irom the recording sheet and in every case a contrasting margin should be provided on the latter to give effect to the finished picture and render it neat and at tractivc. To these ends I provide aconvem,

ient-ferm of mask which is superposed upon.

the sensitized sheet and which in addition to regulating the size and'contour of the picture and providing a border around the same also causes to be recorded upon the print,

guiding marks intended to assist the opera tor in trimming the latter to regular proper, tions and the border to a un form Wldthu referring now to the drawings, in the em bodimen'tshown, 1 indicates a sheet of trans:

lucent and preferably transparent and fiexi-i I ble material such as intro-cellulose iilnicut to a size readily accommodated within the printing frame with which it is to he: used and slightly larger than the""sensitized recording sheet or printin paper as it: is emit iarly called. A central portion 5 of the sheet of a predetermined extent is inclosed-by preferably rectangular figure termedin the present instance by the parallel lines 2 and the parallel lines 3,"intersecting the former at right angles, both pairs tion. These lines are removed from the edges of thesheet and are composed of "an" opaque substance incorporated practrcallyin the material of the latter to form a substantially integral partthereof.

rately andsuperposed upon and united with the sheet they are preferably applied printing or by an analogous process in order I of lines being ex tended at 4 beyond their points of intersec By th sis meant that while they may be formed sepa ltlt] that the continuous, fiat surface of the lat-termay be'preserved'. The inclosed space 5g'ov erns the sizelof the picture and the width 5r the bordering lines regulates the depth of the border on the rint.

In use, the mast superposed upon the I the printed border line not as guides'in the printing paper 6 (shown in dotted lines) substantially in the mannerillust'rated .in

Fig. 1, the latter being so arranged that the extended ortions 4 of the opaque lines intersect its e ges." The negative. is next placed upon the maskand so arranged relatively thereto as to bring the portions of the image which are to form the picture over the pore tion 5 and the three elements are then placed in a frame and exposed inthe ordinary manner. Corresponding portions of the paper protected by the opaque lines on the mask will be unexposed and form; a white border 7 on the print surrounding the picture 8, the

limits of the border as, well as those of the picture being well defined and enablin the print to be easily trimmed to a regular form. When a trimmersimilar to that illustrated .in Fig. 3 and indicated by reference numeral 915 employed, the extended portions 10 of manner shown to start the cut the knife 11.. One edge, or the two opposite edges being properly out in this way, those at right angles can be made true by placing the sheared edge against the guard 12 as will be understood. Asthe proper width of the border is exactlydefi-ned upon the print, the

trimming operation is greatly simplified.

When-the 'mask is made of transparent material it can be very easily positioned relatively to the printing paper while the contrast of its'opaq'ue lines is an aid toward arranging the negative thereon in such manner that the portions desired to be reproduced' are properly ti'iil'led within the border.'

i a sheet of material capalle of transmitting light and adapted to be interposed between the negative and the sensitized recording surface, said sheet having incorporated in its structure as a substantially integral part thereof an opaque substance forming border lines removed from the edges of the sheet and inclosing'a portion of the latter of a predetermined extent within which the photograph is to be included.

2. As an article of manufacture a mask for use in photographic printing comprising a sheet of material capable of transmitting light and adapted to be interposed between the negative and the sensitized recording surface and havin incorporated in its-structure as a substantially integral part thereof, an opaque substance arranged to form a rectangular border line inclosing a' portion of the sheet within which the photo raph is to beinclucled, the lines forming the adjacentsides of said border being extended beyond the point of intersection for the purthickness adapted to be interposed between the negative and the sensitized recording surface and having incorporated in its struc ture as a substantially integral part thereof an opaque substance continuous with its sur,

face and forming border linesofgdeiinite and uniform width removed from the ed es of the sheet and inclosing a portion of the latter. of a predetermined extent within which the photograph is to be included.

4-. A photographic printing mask, consisting of a sheet having a border portion capabio of preventing entirely the transmission of actinic rays, and a portion surrounding said border portion which permits the passage of actinic rays.

' 5. A photographic printing mask consisting of a sheet having a border portion and a surrounding portion, said border portion being capable of preventing the passage there through of actinic raysto a greater degree than the surroundin portion.

6. .As an article 0 manufacture,a photo.- graphic printing mask embodying a sheet adapted to be inserted between the negative and sensitized material and comprising acentral portion open to the passage of actlnic rays of light and defining the picture area,

a surrounding portion ada ted to resist the passage of actlnic rays to orm'a' border on the print and portions for indicating onthe print. the trimming width of "intersecting sides of the border-adapted to resist the passage of acti'nic rays to a difi'erent degree fromadjacent portions of the sheet, one such indicating portion being arranged in aline- 'ment with the outer or trimming edge of one side of the border and beyond the line of the corresponding edge of the other. 7. As an 'article of manufacture, a photo.- graphic printing mask embodying a sheet adapted to be inserted. between the negative and sensitized surface and comprising a rectangular center port-ion open to the passage of actinic rays and defining the picture area, a surrounding portion adapted to resist the passage of actinic rays to form an unexposed-border on the print and means on the sheet beyond the border at the corners thereof-adapted to produce indicating marks on the print by the printing operation for guidance in subsequently trimming the border on the print to a predetermined width.

8. As anarticle of manufacture,'a photographic printing mask embodying a sheet adapted to be inserted between the negative and sensitized surface and comprising a rectangular center portion open to the pas sage of actinic rays and defining the picture area, A s'urrounding portion adapted to resist gyoduping on 'the px int' guiding indications the passage of actlnlc rays and form an pm or timpmlng the prmt to a border of a preexposqd border on the print and intersectmg detgrmmed'w'ldth.

elongaied portions on the sheet beyond the, HENRY NEZLES. 5' border at the corners there 01'" adapted to Witnesses:

afi'ecb the passage of actmicztays to a difier- I ALICE K W HiTNEY,

ent degree from surrounding portions for Q. L MAJOR. 

